Australasian Dentist Magazine March April 2021

Category 114 Australasian Dentist The digital solutions needed to support your practice columnists By Khadija Awan A t Dental Innovations we are consistently creating digital solutions to assist dentists in private practices to streamline their processes. By implementing these solutions, our members are becoming more efficient and transparent in the operation of their practice. As our network continues to grow so too does our digital services that work to benefit our members and help ease the stresses of running a dental practice. We are continually pushing the bounds with our digital portfolio to find ways in which we can help our members. Each of our digital services offers a solution to the universal challenges that practice owners are faced with daily. So, what is on offer in our digital portfolio? Online Order System If you struggle with keeping track of your orders, dislike having to place multiple orders through different suppliers, or would like to better manage your time – our Online Ordering System will be the biggest advantages of signing up to the Dental Innovations. It creates a seamless transition of ordering which allows you place an order from our suppliers all in the one place; long gone are the days of placing numerous orders for your practice. On the Online Ordering System, not only will you create a streamlined ordering process, but you can also see the prices of the products before you buy, have a confirmed record of placing an order, create and store a list of your practice’s regularly used products (which means you avoid repetitive searches for products), generate reports, budgets, and order approval options are also available. When you sign up with Dental Innovations you will be given access to numerous tools that will help you navigate this new system as well as our lovely staff offering free tutorials to take you through the Online Ordering System to get you and your team acquainted with the software to get the best out of what we have on offer. Asset Register The Asset Register is a cloud-based resource, free for members, that will allow practices to securely store the details of their business assets online. On it users are able to keep track of asset details, which includes price, purchase dates, warranty data, service and repair information, insurance information, and contact information from vendors and third parties. This allows you to keep all your asset details in one place that will save users time and hassle in the future. All these details can then be exported from the cloud into an excel file for their claim reference and ease. By utilising the Asset Register our members no longer have to worry about keeping a paper trail of all their assets, it is all located in one place our cloud-based register – making it a central repository of critical information which is easily accessed. Social Sharing Our Social Sharing platform is your key to social media marketing, it is a free service for Dental Innovations members that contains numerous types of content for you to save, download and post to your own social media sites. The site consists of images, text posts, gifs, videos, blogs as well as suggested captions and hashtags for the associated images. You have the ability to save images that you like in your library, add text or photos to the templates on the site we also offer you the opportunity to upload your own content to the site as well. This is a new service is continually being created and populated by our in-house team. By utilising the Social Sharing platform you will be able to streamline your social media marketing and save time by doing so. Events Platform Our new events platform is the space that serves as our members home for upcoming webinars, courses, and live events from both the Dental Innovations team and our partners. This is a space where our members can register to numerous events to further develop their skills, sharpen their knowledge on certain products, or even learn how to get the best out of what our members site has to offer. Webinars are regularly run by our team to show you the ins and outs of the Online Ordering System and the Social Sharing platform. Dentist Network Owning a dental practice can be an isolating task, it can be hard to connect with peers to ask for advice or assistance – at Dental Innovations we have a Dentist Network that helps limit these experiences. The Dentist Network or Chat Forum was initially created as a way of enabling free communication between practice owners. The network is designed to be a safe, moderated space where our members can exchange opinions and ideas. The Dentist Network serves as the place to facilitate discussions between practice owners which range from treatment options, product questions, and wage questions; it enables practice owners to reach out, communicate, break down the isolation, share ideas, and assist each other in a professional and constructive manner. Our digital portfolio is extensive and continues to evolve to match the change needs of todays practice owners. With the digital services from our membership platform on your side it can help ease the stresses of running a dental practice. By utilising these services, you will save your practice time, increase efficiency, transparency, and will have access to resources that will improve your practice. There is little that cannot be done on our membership platform and our members are equipped with all the tools they need to flourish. u If you want to know more about the Dental Innovations membership or our digital portfolio, please call Khadija on 0401 336 412 or email kawan@dentalinnovations.com.au Dr Khadija Awan